The most expensive click in crypto is “download MetaMask” from the ad above the search results. Clone sites, an extension with a similar icon, an app in a sideshow store.
Official doors (check the letters)
- EVM, the classic: metamask.io · X @MetaMask
- EVM, several chains without drama: rabby.io · X @Rabby_io
- Solana: phantom.com · X @phantom
- TON: tonkeeper.com · X @tonkeeper
- Hardware: ledger.com · X @Ledger, trezor.io · X @Trezor
The page itself will send you to the Chrome Web Store / App Store / Google Play. Not the other way around: do not install “Meta Mask Crypto” with twelve reviews you found by searching the store.
How to check
- The domain has no trap hyphens (
metamask≠metamask-app≠metamaskk). - Extension: the publisher matches what the official site names.
- Mobile: the same developer name, a serious install count, the link came from the official site, not a Telegram channel.
- Hardware: only from the maker. A marketplace “new Ledger, still sealed” is the classic firmware swap.
Step by step: MetaMask, Rabby, Phantom, Tonkeeper, hardware.